The 2018 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) theme is “Harnessing Inclusive Opportunities, Embracing the Digital Future”. To explain the implications of this theme and summarise the key outcomes of the recently concluded APEC Trade Ministers’ meeting in Port Moresby, the Singapore APEC Study Centre at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute organised a seminar with key speakers Dr Denis Hew and Mr Emmanuel A. San Andres from the APEC Policy Support Unit, and Mr Benjamin Tan from Singapore’s Ministry of Trade and Industry.
Are China and the US now at loggerheads and are we on the verge of a trade war? Are there now two distinct competing visions of a new global economic order? To help answer these questions, the Singapore APEC Study Centre at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute invited Professor Vinod K Aggarwal (Professor of Political Science, Affiliated Professor in the Haas School of Business) who shared some riveting insights on the subject.
Malaysians go to the ballot box on 9 May 2018 for the country’s 14th General Elections (GE14). In order to better understand some of the political trends and electoral dynamics in the run-up to polling day throughout the country, the Malaysia Studies Programme of ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute organised a public conference on the subject.
In this installment of the Politics of the Art in Southeast Asia seminar series, Dr Thanavi Chotpradit, from Silpakorn University, presented a paper titled “The Strong Body Canon: The Art of the People’s Party after Thailand’s 1932 Revolution”. More than twenty participants attended, including those from local universities and art institutions.